Kevin Kline

History of PASS, Part 3: Bylaws Version 1

08/26/19 I’ve been taking some spare time, which doesn’t come along very often, to record some of the details of PASS during its very first years of existence. In case you haven’t …

History of PASS, Part 2: Assembling the Original Board of Directors

05/01/19 Assembling the First Board of Directors for PASS Way back in the waning of the 1990s, I was the lead DBA for SQL Server at the Practice Service Center for Deloitte in the …

Azure SQL Data Warehouse Delivers a Win-Win on Price-Performance

04/25/19 Most organizations are familiar with the constant exercise of prioritizing price or performance, particularly in decisions about technology infrastructure. As businesses b…

A Historical Account of the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS), Part 1: Foundation

03/18/19 A Historical Account of the Professional Association of SQL Server (PASS) Lately, I’ve been asked many questions about the history and foundation of PASS. As an “old-timer…

Top 7 Things Every DBA Should Do Before They Go On Holiday

12/19/17 Everybody wants to take a relaxing holiday from time to time, whether you are a veteran DBA standing watch over million dollar mission-critical database systems or a jack-…

How Can I Become A Microsoft MVP?

12/05/17 This is such a common question that, were I to write a FAQ of questions I get after speaking, it should sit somewhere in the top 3 positions. (Update 19-Dec-2017: This pos…

Troubleshooting SQL Server, Part 2 : Inside or outside? Error or Not?

10/26/15 In the popular white paper entitled Troubleshooting SQL Server Wait Statistics, I take you through three scenarios in which a wait stats-only approach is insufficient or e…

Troubleshooting SQL Server, Part 1 : Do You Use These Shortcuts?

09/30/15 In the popular white paper entitled Troubleshooting SQL Server Wait Statistics, I take you through three scenarios in which a wait stats-only approach is insufficient or e…